Verse 2.541

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

तद्वाणीभानुसम्प्लुष्टबहुलाज्ञानधीरहम् ।
यदा हीत्यादिना मन्ये उतेत्यादेर्विनिर्णयम् ॥ ५४१ ॥

tadvāṇībhānusampluṣṭabahulājñānadhīraham |
yadā hītyādinā manye utetyādervinirṇayam || 541 ||

English translation of verse 2.541:

I, whose dense ignorance has been consumed in the fire of his (Śrī Śaṅkara’s) speech, think that the questions relating to the ignorant man and the man of knowledge contained in the texts utāvidvānamum, etc., have been answered by the texts yadā hyevaiṣa, etc.

Notes:

After restating Śaṅkara’s view as to how the Upaniṣad answers the three questions raised by the disciple, Sureśvara offers his own interpretation which differs from Śaṅkara’s.

Sureśvara is of the view that the questions relating to the ignorant and the wise have already been answered. The question whether the man of knowledge attains Brahman or not has already been answered by the śruti texts yadā hyevaiṣa etasminnadṛśye... atha so'bhayaṃ gato bhavati. See verses (435) and (436). The remaining question relating to the ignorant man has also been answered by the texts yadā hyevaiṣa etasminnudaramantaraṃ kurute... tattveva bhayaṃ viduṣo'manvānasya. See verse (458).

It has to be noted here that, even while differing from Sankara, Sureśvara acknowledges his indebtedness to Śaṅkara, who helped him to overcome his ignorance through the saving knowledge.